Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Heinz Emigholz + Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier [IIIII] Asger Jorn [Relief] contrasts
the Villa Savoye, built by Le Corbusier in 1931, and Asger Jorn’s Grand
Relief, which the Danish painter and sculptor produced in 1959 for the
Århus Statsgymnasium. The film makes connections between what, according
to the ideological stipulations of their creators, does not belong
together.

“The film came about because I was intrigued by the
premise of comparing two buildings that at first seem to have nothing to
do with one another. A dialogue between thoroughly stylized clarity and
declared wildness, both with ideologically trimmings. It was only by
working on the film that I learned to appreciate the two works that had
once left me indifferent: the delight of their creators in the
productively implemented statement.” Heinz Emigholz